Hello, I would like to say I am usually a very calm and forgiving person but this place is simply dishonest and the owner is more worried about keeping his own pockets filled with money than being even a half decent human being.

I ate at this restaurant on the June 29th of 2024 with my family while on vacation. At first our experience was pleasant and the service was quite good. We began in the hallway where we had our first interaction with one of the servers. Before placing our reservation we displayed a car with Japanese translation letting them know about my peanut allergy. We also used google translate to ensure she understood what we were saying. She pointed out 1 dish on the menu that had peanuts. It was an appetizer with the main part being peanuts. She assured us this was the only item with nuts on the menu.

We then came back later and got our table. She took special time and with a red marker pointed out things she would recommend us try at the restaurant. At the table we again showed the server the peanut card to remind her of the allergy. She visibly showed that she understood the allergy and that I was safe. (This is all on cameras in the restaurants and the owner has sent us the pictures showing that we showed the card to the server) One of the dishes we ordered was RECOMMENDED by the server and was the bite sized fried dumplings. I ate 1 bite sized dumpling. This was the 1 and only bite of food i ate at this restaurant. Despite the many warnings we gave about my allergy and even the server pointing us away from a food with peanuts, (this showing that she understood what we were saying and that translation was not an issue) I was served a dumpling with peanuts inside. I spent a night at the hospital and almost died in the ambulance in rout to the hospital. In the video you would see the sever apologize for her mistake to my sister and stepfather after i had already left the restaurant and was heading to the hospital.

It gets worse. This is the funny part.

Nobody in our family had any major problems with what happened even though I almost died. My mother posted a negative review stating what happened hoping that it would prevent the same mistakes in the future. However, we were met with false hope when the owner personally reached out to her wanting to claim responsibility and cover our expenses. This was honestly so thoughtful and i was very grateful but we were disappointed 2 days after he responded to hear he changed his mind. He consulted with a lawyer and decided that it was our responsibility to translate the ingredients of the food and he even sent pictures of us showing the card in the restaurant so he could claim we only showed it once. I think it is very disappointing that someone who owns such a well established restaurant would have such a cold heart for his own customers.

I put this out here just as a reminder that the food is sub par at best as you can read and other reviews and most importantly you are nothing more than a way to fill this mans pockets. You are not important just as my life was not important. I would say you should eat here and you should have a good experience here but remember that you are supporting an establishment that would rather see people die than lose money.

Oh and one thing for the owner. I have this cool thing called google on my phone and I know how to read so I know as well as you do that I can sue you for way more money than my mom was asking. Rethink your choices or i suggest you start talking to your lawyer again because I wont be the one walking away scared again.